Halteres with pale stems, thickly covered with pale scales, the apices with small dark flat scales.
The lobe margins are entire, with 1 or 2 long, slender, cilia-like projections along the lobes margins and at lobe apices.
The dark areas contain brownish black basal scales at the apices of the lobes, and a few clusters of pale scales before the apices.
The very narrow forewings, held folded backwards covering the hindwings and abdomen, often have pointed apices noticeably up- or down-turned.
Mesowear was recorded by examining the buccal apices of molar tooth cusps.
Their structures are covered with tubular tenent hairs, the apices of which are moistened by a glandular secretion.
They damage the mango by folding the apices and margins of the leaves longitudinally.
The apexes are often 1 cm or more from the tumor, so clear margins at the apices can be ignored.
